1987 T. Wolfe Bonfire of the Vanities 480: Say your prayers, Park Avenue! . . . Tear you a new one!at tear someone a new asshole, v.
1987 T. Wolfe Bonfire of the Vanities 382: ‘They’re lawyers. They’re looking for clients to represent.’ ‘I don’t understand.’ ‘It’s simple. They just walk up and say “Hey, you need a lawyer?”’ ‘Isn’t that ambulance chasing?’.at ambulance-chasing (n.) under ambulance-chaser, n.
1987 T. Wolfe Bonfire of the Vanities 199: My ass, it’s a possibility.at my arse! (excl.) under arse, n.
1987 T. Wolfe Bonfire of the Vanities 186: I can’t believe I’m actually driving to Harlem to listen to this asshole.at asshole, n.
1987 T. Wolfe Bonfire of the Vanities 215: They got three homicide witnesses over here chained to the fucking desk legs in the Detective Bureau, and they’re going bananas.at go bananas (v.) under bananas, adj.
1987 T. Wolfe Bonfire of the Vanities 459: Whyn’t you let him sit out here somewheres insteada putting him in there with that buncha bats?at bat, n.1
1987 T. Wolfe Bonfire of the Vanities 4: They’re waiting for the beano, for the rock fight.at beano, n.1
1987 T. Wolfe Bonfire of the Vanities 366: You already beat me for half my fee.at beat (someone) for (v.) under beat, v.
1987 T. Wolfe Bonfire of the Vanities 448: Don’t blame it on us [...] your beef is with Weiss.at beef, n.2
1987 T. Wolfe Bonfire of the Vanities 487: Well then, I don’t know what all this goddamned bellyaching is.at bellyaching (n.) under bellyache, v.
1987 T. Wolfe Bonfire of the Vanities 562: What an amazing array of stuff the cops carried on their backsides. Billies [...].at billy, n.4
1987 T. Wolfe Bonfire of the Vanities 115: All he’ll have to worry about is getting to the shopping mall in time for the Early Bird special.at early-bird, adj.
1987 T. Wolfe Bonfire of the Vanities 388: A childish little American bird—and yet it was humiliating.at bird, n.1
1987 T. Wolfe Bonfire of the Vanities 372: And if somebody gives you a couple like you and your friend Mrs Ruskin—ayyyyyyyy, Biscuit City!at biscuit city, n.
1987 T. Wolfe Bonfire of the Vanities 535: You were a ridiculous fat blowhard at Buckley and you’re a ridiculous fat blowhard now.at blowhard, n.1
1987 T. Wolfe Bonfire of the Vanities 40: A big white Pontiac Bonneville came barreling by, a real boat [...] the kind of twenty-foot frigate they stopped making about 1980.at boat, n.1
1987 T. Wolfe Bonfire of the Vanities 327: They were talking and laughing, with their heads thrown back, blissfully boiled.at boiled, adj.
1987 T. Wolfe Bonfire of the Vanities 187: So I don’t know what kinda minorities they’re talking about, unless a buncha bongos carrying lengths a pipe.at bongo, n.1
1987 T. Wolfe Bonfire of the Vanities 360: All they lacked was booze so they could complete the picture by getting drunk.at booze, n.
1987 T. Wolfe Bonfire of the Vanities 336: Well, I mean I’d heard about Angie and The Boys, but I didn’t believe it.at boys, the, n.
1987 T. Wolfe Bonfire of the Vanities 210: And if things break right, you’ll be on to something big.at break, v.2
1987 T. Wolfe Bonfire of the Vanities 371: They wouldn’t give you a break even if no one was watching.at give someone/something a break (v.) under break, n.1
1987 T. Wolfe Bonfire of the Vanities 287: Martin said ‘One a da brothers,’ giving an Irish rendition of a black accent.at brother, n.
1987 T. Wolfe Bonfire of the Vanities 653: You know what burned me up? You were right. That was what burned me up.at burn up, v.
1987 T. Wolfe Bonfire of the Vanities 3: Chuck come up to Harlem and gonna take care a business.at take care of business, v.